Human rights law targets N. Korean leader (Korea Times, 4 September 2016)
South Korea’s new law aimed at documenting human rights abuses in North Korea went into effect in early September — the latest in a series of efforts to put pressure on the Kim Jong-un regime. Analysts say North Korea may react furiously because the body responsible will collect, record and preserve details of crimes against humanity committed by Kim and his aides. “The law may not have practical effects on North Korea in the short term and we have to admit that,” said Kim Jin-moo, a research fellow at the Korea Institute of Defense Analysis. “But Pyongyang will eventually realize that this law can pose a threat to the regime as it will reveal every detail of Kim’s human rights abuses, raise global awareness about these crimes and humiliate the despot.”